25) Woody Hayes- Ohio State/1978 Gator Bowl

In front of a National Television audience in the Gator Bowl, he was upset that Clemson’s Charlie Bauman intercepted a pass. The interception sealed a 17-15 Tiger win. Hayes lost his job shortly after that.

24) Todd Bozeman California

Bozeman took over at California under controversial circumstances. Bozeman was accused of undermining Cal Head Coach Lou Campenelli.

Although he was cleared of any wrong doing by the National Association of Basketball Coaches, he took over mid-season in 1993 replacing Campenelli.

Later, it was revealed that Bozeman paid the parents of Cal player Jelani Gardner $30,000 in travel expenses to come watch their son play.

After Gardner’s playing time dwindled, they turned Bozeman in to the NCAA.

Bozeman also faced allegations of sexual harassment.

He was eventually fired by the Bears and slapped with an eight year show-cause penalty. That meant he could not be hired by another NCAA institution without the governing body’s permission for those eight years.

He finally landed on his feet at Morgan State after the ban expired and has led those Bears to the last two NCAA Tournaments.

23) Rick Pitino

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Pitino’s case is bizarre.

Although it had nothing to do with the University of Louisville, his extortion trial against the wife of Louisville equipment manager Tim Sypher sought money from Pitino after having an affair with him in a restaurant bathroom.

Karen Dunagin Sypher was found guilty of lying to federal agents and extortion on August 6th, 2010, she faces a maximum of 26 years in prison.

22) Southwestern Louisiana (Lafayette) Basketball

In the 1960’s the Louisiana legislature did not grant scholarship money to African-American players.

Upset with this, local boosters raised money to assist African-American players that wanted to play at Southwest Louisiana. It is against NCAA rules for outside “interests” to directly provide money for scholarships.

SWLA was then put on probation for the rules violations.

With the NCAA microscope already on them, this uncovered other violations.

Academic fraud, recruiting violations and improper financial assistance were all uncovered. SWLA admitted five players with GPA that did not qualify them to play college basketball.

The worst violation involved an assistant coach forging the signature of a high school principal on a recruit’s transcript. The NCAA responded by banning the Rajun Cajuns from competing on the hardwood from Fall 1973 through the 1975 NCAA Tournament.

21) University of Miami-Pell Grant Scandal

During the 1980’s and early 1990’s, it was all about the U. The University of Miami won four national championships with three different coaches between 1983 and 1991.

They became one of the most polarizing programs in college football.

In 1994 allegations of a Pell Grant scandal came out.

Former UM academic advisor Tony Russell admitted to helping more than 80 student athletes, including 57 football players to falsify Pell Grant and receive kickbacks in return.

The scandal dated back to 1989 and involved more than $220,000.

The scandal also revealed other allegations. The school had been involved in over $400,000 worth of payments to football players and the NCAA concluded that the Hurricanes failed to completely implement their drug test policy.

Miami’s probation included the loss of 31 scholarships. Their low point came when they finished 5-6 during the 1997 season.

19) Illinois-Iowa Recruiting Scandal

When Bruce Pearl was an assistant at the University of Iowa, he recorded a conversation between himself and future Illinois all-time leading scorer Deon Thomas.

Thomas admitted to Pearl on tape that he had received money and a Chevy Blazer from then Illini assistant Jimmy Collins for agreeing to attend Illinois.

No wrong doing was ever proven at Illinois in relation to Pearl’s allegations. The investigation did uncover other violations. The NCAA slapped Illinois with a one-year postseason ban after saying they failed to have institutional control from other violations that were uncovered.

Collins and Pearl coached against each other for four years at Wisconsin-Milwaukee and Illinois-Chicago. They never shook hands after a game.

17) Memphis SAT Scandal

If Memphis had made their free throws at the end of the 2008 National Championship game, they would have won the school’s first (and only) national championship.

The NCAA is probably quietly happy they did not.

No school has ever been stripped of a National Championship and only a few have had to vacate a national runner-up.

It came to light that a unidentified player paid someone to take the SAT for him after he failed to earn a qualifying score. It has been widely speculated that the player is former point guard Derek Rose.

The allegations did not come to light until the following season.

Rose left for the NBA and John Calipari moved on to Kentucky.

This was second time Calipari left a school before allegations had come out about his program.

11) Kentucky 1950’s Point Shaving

No school has had more attention put on their scandals that the University of Kentucky. As part of a widespread point shaving scandal that rocked college basketball in the 1950’s, Kentucky would cancel the 1952-53 season.

All of UK athletic teams were banned from post-season play for the 52-53 school year.

Four former Wildcat players were implicated in the scandal. Included were NBA players Alex Groza and Ralph Beard and All-America center Bill Spivey.

Although indicated but never convicted, Groza and Beard were banned from the NBA for life by commissioner Maurice Podoloff.

7) St. Bonaventure Basketball

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Controversy surrounded St. Bonaventure basketball player Jamil Terell was “admitted” to St. Bonaventure in March of 2002.

Terrell earned a welding certificate from Coastal Georgia Community College. Despite being warned by officials from CGCC and the fact that a certificate is not an associates degree, Terrell was still admitted at St. Bonaventure.

The fallout from the scandal was significant.

President Robert Wickenheiser resigned, board president Bill Swan later committed suicide and the Bonnies were stripped of six wins by the Atlantic Ten conference and banned from post season play in March of 2003.

Although he was exonerated of any wrong doing, Van Breda Kolff felt the fall out of the scandal. After being fired from St. Bonnie, VBK did not get another head coaching job for five years. He coached the Nashville entry in the ABA four two season before they folded.

6) Duke Lacrosse

In 2006, Duke’s Lacrosse team made national headlines after an exotic dancer accused three men’s lacrosse players with rape.

The alleged rape occurred at a house rented by two of the team’s captains.

Durham county Attorney General Mike Nifong was later disbarred because of his aggressiveness in over prosecuting the case.

On April 11, 2007, North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper dropped the case against Reade Seligman, Collin Finnerty and David Evans.

Nifong and the accuser Crystal Gail Mangum both suffered fallout from the case. In addition to his disbarment, Nifong also served one day in jail.

He was the first prosecutor in the history of North Carolina to be disbarred due to actions in a case. Cooper said Nifong used “dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation” during his prosecution of the case.

Mangum would have more legal troubles after the case including being arrested for attempted murder.

Duke the number one ranked team in the country at the time of the accusations. The university cancelled the season in light of the allegations and coach Mike Pressler resigned after 16 seasons.

1) Baylor Basketball: Dotson Murders Dennehy

The murder of Patrick Dennehy by teammate Carlton Dotson transcended the sports pages and SportsCenter.

This case made national news more than just sports. The morning news programs all covered the case.

Dotson admitted to killing Dennehy nearly two years after the crime was committed.

The case was made harder by the fact that Dennehy was originally missing for about two weeks before Dotson was arrested for the crime in June of 2003. Dennehy’s badly decomposed body wasn’t found until the July 25, 2003.